A MAJOR clean-up is set to go ahead in the Western Provincial capital, Gizo, today. This is to prepare for the four-day premiers’ workshop next week. The township is all excited and gearing up for the event that will bring together the country’s provincial leaders for the first time after the COVID-19 pandemic. All premiers…
The Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) will be convening a one-week meeting on the draft Federal Constitution for Provincial Premiers in Gizo, Western Province, from 3-6 April 2023. The meeting is to present the Draft Federal Constitution to the Premiers and explain its features, challenges, and implications, and to seek their views…
The High Court sentences a man to six years imprisonment for 2016 White River playing field stabbing incident which left another man dead THE man who caused the death of another man at the White River playing field, West Honiara, in 2016 by stabbing him with a knife has been sentenced to six years in…
MALAITA Provincial Finance Minister, Randol Sifoni, has called on all leaders in the Malaita Provincial Assembly to work together to improve the provincial revenue collection. Mr Sifoni made the call when delivering his 2023-24 budget speech on the floor of the assembly on Tuesday. He said the Provincial Government needs all leaders to assist the…
FIVE of the students from Vanuatu who recently arrived in the country to undertake nursing studies are with the Seventh-day Adventist-owned Atoifi Nursing College in East Kwaio, Malaita Province. The five students who arrived in the country earlier this month have settled down at the college. They were accompanied to Atoifi by a Solomon Islands…
OPPOSITION Leader Hon Matthew Wale has slammed the Government’s ongoing excuse that the current drug shortage in the country is ‘cyclical’. In a statement today, Hon Wale said his office has received information from health authorities around the provinces that there are currently a serious drug shortage situation around the country. Following reports of drug…
ATHLETICS track event athletes were awarded their medals after finishing their track event competitions at the King George Sixth School running track yesterday. Calvin Hou of Isabel won the men’s 100m final while Javita Ambrose of Malaita won the women’s 100m finals of the Solomon Games at KVGI training track yesterday. Hou finished with a…
HONIARA and Malaita Team has won their first medals in the Solomon Games that is currently underway in Honiara. According to the results provided, Emily Mafi of Team Honiara won the gold medal with a total throw of 9.08 meter and Freda W claimed the silver medal with a total throw of 8.49 meters. Daisy…
PROVINCIAL Taekwondo Member Associations (MAs) threaten to boycott the current Solomon Games Taekwondo competition if their demands are not met, it was revealed. President of the World Taekwondo Solomon Islands (WTSI) Philip Afu told Star Sports Auki that a letter representing all MAs was submitted to the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) yesterday with their demands.…
THE Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) has clarified recent media complaints by members of the Western Provincial Assembly about their accommodation allowances during the initial formation of the Western Provincial Executive Government early this year. In a statement yesterday, Permanent Secretary Stanley Dick Pirione said the allowances were paid through their individual…